With the help of the increasingly useful material graphene, scientists have managed to confine light into the smallest space possible &#8211; the size of a single atom. If light can be locked up so tightly, it opens up all kinds of possibilities for electronics, sensors, and imaging devices in the future, potentially leading to computer&hellip;

Astronomers have finally figured out what the clouds of Uranus consist of &#8211; and as it turns out, they smell terrible. For the first time, there&#8217;s been a clear detection of hydrogen sulfide, the gas that gives rotten eggs &#8211; and flatulence &#8211; their distinctive aroma. In spite of decades of observations, the composition&hellip;

Astronomers have found a planet so dark it absorbs almost all light that hits it through a dense layer of haze. Its discoverers have compared it to charcoal, and it&#8217;s one of the darkest planets ever discovered. The planet in question, named WASP-104b, is a type of planet known as a hot Jupiter. Hot&hellip;

NASA has been running aerial surveys over the Arctic for 10 years now, but the vast icy wilderness is still throwing up inexplicable surprises nobody&#8217;s ever seen before. Case in point: just what are these weird circular formations spotted from a P–3 research plane flying over the Beaufort Sea last week? The image above&hellip;

Squids are some of the most uncanny ocean animals we see. They&#8217;re twisty, and strange, and have cephalopod cunning. And now marine biologists have found a squid unlike any they&#8217;ve seen before. The crew of the NOAA&#8217;s research vessel Okeanos Explorer spotted the creature deep under the waves of the Gulf of Mexico, in&hellip;

Reddit doesn&#8217;t have the best reputation. Between the sexism, racism, and general harassment levied by and toward users daily, the internet&#8217;s &#8220;front page&#8221; might also be its most toxic. However, Reddit does have at least one positive trait: It can help people cope with mental disorders. A quick primer on Reddit: The site is&hellip;

Next time you&#8217;re having a bad day, feeling sluggish, or simply uninspired about your existence, we have a solution. Watch this video, and remember that within us all are fiery, dancing cells working their butts off just to keep us alive. Although we&#8217;ve known for decades how cells move throughout organisms, this video is the first&hellip;

For 30 years, the lesser long-nosed bat languished on the endangered species list, the federal government&#8217;s sick ward for animals on the verge of being wiped out. Its story, like those of most animals on the list, was a downer. Researchers counted fewer than a thousand in 1988 as human development moved in on&hellip;

It&#8217;s no secret that life can be easier for beautiful people. Studies have shown being good-looking has benefits for your health, intelligence, and helps with making friends. Being physically attractive can also literally pay off, as many people believe it can mean you make more money. In short, beautiful people are more confident, have more social&hellip;

Imagine you&#8217;re heading out for a dinner date. You&#8217;re hungry and left enough time to get there and not be late, but when you step outside you find that conditions aren&#8217;t quite what you expected – you run into a 30-foot wall every few steps. What would you do? If you&#8217;re anything like me,&hellip;

Your computer keyboard is probably dirtier than a toilet seat. In fact, an Australian study found that the typical desk has 400 times the amount of bacteria found on a toilet seat. Toilet seats actually harbour around 50 bacteria per square inch, making that a relatively un-germy zone. Not so with the computer, especially those shared by&hellip;

People who think their knowledge and beliefs are superior to others are especially prone to overestimating what they actually know, new research suggests. Even after getting feedback showing them how much they didn&#8217;t know relevant political facts, these people still claimed that their beliefs were objectively more correct than everyone else&#8217;s. On top of&hellip;

Research suggests there&#8217;s a good scientific reason why some of us struggle to look someone in the eye and hold a conversation with them. It turns out we&#8217;re not just awkward, our brains actually can&#8217;t handle the tasks of thinking of the right words and focussing on a face at the same time. The&hellip;

Quick: What kind of dog is that? Using its scruffy face, plump black nose and blondish fur as clues, you might guess that it&#8217;s part or all Wheaten terrier. And that might lead you to think this dog, being of the vermin-catching terrier stock, would like to chase other animals. (Darwin&#8217;s Dogs) But according to a DNA test by researchers&hellip;

Today, Microsoft is trying to keep up with other tech giants, but sixteen years ago, the company was regarded as a leader in technology. In 1999, Microsoft released a video segment about the connected home of the future. While the bulky 90s products, like a cell phone that looks more like a Game Boy, have since&hellip;

Okay, time to stop everything and nut out a brain teaser: if Earth is spinning to the east at 1,180 km/h (733 mph), and we&#8217;re in a plane flying west, shouldn&#8217;t we get to our destination quicker, seeing as it&#8217;s literally spinning towards us? The short answer is no, because our plane is also&hellip;